, 1887-11-17
!! IIOER!R!E TRAGEDY
The Arrow Steamship Com
pany q Fraud,
SAN FRANCISCO STOCK MAKKET
Opium Smg ggiiag b. the ca. adam Pc.
cihc Railroad Company.
THE TEEgiEti'H EEisst..
SENATOR N,trn,riin Washington

atCT Mitchell, II OREGON. aIIlyel
here yesterday from the Pacific
coast. relative 10 the Sparks / a
mar controversy. He says lie knows
cf many settlers IL Oregon and else
where On tue Pacific coast who has
suffered by reason Uf the policy puT~
sued bv the Commissioner uf the
general iauI Office. The N. poor
men and can III afford to contest the
action Of the Commissioner holding
up theiT patents. He expressed To.
grtts that the President had Tuvkctrd
the river and harbor bill, pa. cG at
the last session Of Congress. fEr
-aii the failure Of the b,il lift the
E2Cpln ont on the Pacific coast in q
bad shape, 50 far as the Improve
mcutS to water ways are concerned
and besides the great advantage that
would occur by works on rivers and
haTburs- The Senator sand le pro
posed 10 DO everything IN his power
to prevent the carrying out Of Gen
eral Howard'5 recommendation for
abandonment OF Fort Candy nj the
mouth Of the Columbia river. He
thought the mouth Of this important
stream should be fortified If fortili-
cUIiOnS were to lc maintained on the
Pacific coast.
New YoRk. Nov. ID. The Fcrald
exposes the Arrow steamship COM
pauy this morning. The company
was organized about one yeu and
a half ago with capital of II ,MO. 600.
They proposed to build fleet Of
ocean steamers upon an entirely new
plan end promised Il revolution in the
navies of the world. They elaine i
that new vessels would be able t.
make the run to Liverpool i'll five
days, We're indestTuctible and would
cost only about one thirtieth of the
present style of steamers.
The Herald now states that the
company Is Il fraud and never intend
ed to build any vessel; but was or
gained for the purpose OF Heating
its stock and pocketing the proceeds.
San FRANCIsco, Nov. I5.-Thc stock
market was a scene of animation at
the opening session this morning.
Brokers were ont in force and the re-
suit was the sending up Of prices.
! Ophir which closed yesterday at IOd
opened at a dollar advance and closed
at III. Mexican rose from &c TO g.,
dollar over yesterdays closing fig
ure. Consolidated California and
Virginia opened at S25, an advance
of - 30, but declined to $2i % at
which it closed. There We're advanc-
es III all the other stocks. 1t Is stated
on The streets that Flood and others
are bulling the market to even up on
the wheat deal.
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.-The Friedrich
trial is exciting considerable atten-
ton. BY nine O'Clock thisa morning
groups of men were standing about
the yard and court house entrance
discussing the case and by nine
o'clock the audience room at the
courthouse was well filled with spec
tators waiting for the proceedings tc
begin. A number Of ladies werc
also on hand showing that the inter
est IN the Gaze Is rot alone confined
to the masculine sex.
WILKES. NJ. l., Nov. ia horrible
tragedy was enacted at the end OF
! the Montana Central tunnel near
here yesterday. A Finnish work
man, without a word of warming shot
and killed John Eid and seriously
wounded John Limburg. fellow Ia
borer. The Finlander then complct-
ed the tragedy by shooting himsclI
through the heart. The general
opinion is that the Finlandcr was
insane.
ST. Paul, Nov. 15.-John II. Web
Der, express manager for the North
ern Pacific III this city, Is reported
missing this morning with Il large
amount of money expressed to west
ern points. The exact amount can
not be ascertained until the claims of
shippers are all in. The packages
taken by Webber were not entered on
the books. 1t is understood, how
ever, that the amount will exceed
$4,000
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Surgeon
General Hamilton has received teIe
grams from Tampa, Florida, saying
that there We're three new cases OF
yellow feaver at Tampa yesterday
and no deaths. There are thirteen
cases now in the hospital.
Assistant Secretary Maynard has
Informed the collector of customs of
Rochester that the department has
information of opium smuggling by
the Canadian Pacific Railway to
border points whence the opium is
shipped to San Francisco and other
Pacific points.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Ex-senator
Joseph X. Hawley of Connecticut
was married at noon today in ST.
Clements protestant EpiscopaD
church to Miss Edith Homer of Eng.
land, who has been fer several wears
one of the head nurses of Blacklev
hospital in this city. Among those
present We're Gen. Sheridan, Senator
Plat, of Connecticut, George W.
Childs, General McCook and Murat
Halstead
BERLIN, Nov. 15.-TAe National
Gazette states that DR. Bramann. sen
lor assistant of Dr. Bergman. has
gone to San Reno to Je in readiness
to assist his chief in the operation of
tracheotomy that is to be performed
on the Crown Prince
San FRANCIsCO, Nov. 15.-Chief
Crowley las received 4 dispatch from
Mazatlan, Mexico, announcing that
the fugative jury briber Creighton,
sailed under the name of Richard
Carmon for Panama.
PREscorT, 4. T., Nov. I5.-The
jury IN the case Of Martin Duran.
charged with the murder OF Reyes
BAGS at Flagstaff. Sept. Is. returned
the verdict of guilty as charged, un-
der the laws of this territory. The
penalty Is left with the Judge.
MADRID, Nov 15.-Spain has seized
the island of Peregil near Centa. on